Back in 2017, Harker Press published author Dustin McNeill's SLASH OF THE TITANS: THE ROAD TO FREDDY VS. JASON, a 249 page book that took an in-depth look at the decade FREDDY VS. JASON spent in development hell. Now SLASH OF THE TITANS is available as an audiobook that's narrated by Christian Francis and runs 9 hours and 18 minutes. You can purchase the audiobook at THIS LINK.
From the author of Phantasm Exhumed comes Slash of the Titans, a revealing look at why it took New Line Cinema nearly ten years and four-million-dollars to find the right screenplay for Freddy vs Jason. Featuring new interviews with the original writers and filmmakers, Slash details the production's troubled history from the surprise ending of Jason Goes to Hell all the way to the crossover’s red carpet premiere. Read about the many rejected storylines and learn how the project was eventually able to escape from development hell. This is the story of one film, two horror icons and seventeen screenwriters!
sponsored contentSLASH OF THE TITANS includes:
– Comprehensive looks at ten different versions of the screenplay
– Info on early crossover attempts by Friday the 13th filmmakers
– Exclusive details on the never made Freddy vs Jason: Hell Unbound video game
– Insights from producers, executives and developers including Sean Cunningham
– An examination of why the Shannon/Swift script was finally greenlit
– Summaries of the four endings considered for the 2003 film
– Coverage of the never made Freddy vs Jason vs Ash sequel
– New comments from the titans themselves – Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger
– Appendices full of story details including the outcomes of all ten versions
As a fan who was anxiously waiting for FREDDY VS. JASON to be made, looking for updates on the project throughout the '90s and into the '00s, I have always been fascinated by the troubled development process the film went through. I have read as many of the rejected scripts as I could get my hands on, and have been surprised at how far off the mark they were. Who would have ever guessed that the idea of getting Freddy and Jason into the same location so they could have a brawl could be so hard to figure out, or that so many people would go so far in overthinking it? The finished film has its issues, but the basic story was definitely the best take on the concept that had ever been presented to New Line Cinema.
Several of the rejected scripts aren't available for fans to read, so the descriptions of them that can be found in SLASH OF THE TITANS are very interesting to me. This book is a must-own as far as I'm concerned.
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